Environment Sites

1) Environment Australia Online

This is the Federal Department of Environment Homepage.

http://www.erin.gov.au/

2) Queensland Department of Environment

This site has a lot of information on the relevant legislation and regulations affecting the metal finishing industry in Queensland including the full text of the Draft Environmental Protection Policy for Waste. Information on Cleaner Production is also available.

http://www.env.qld.gov.au/

General Cleaner Production Information

1) Enviro$en$e - Pollution Prevention Tips: Developing and Implementing A Waste Reduction Program, North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, March 1988

A general guide to setting up a Cleaner Production Project.

http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/nc/tips.html

2) Pollution Prevention Plan, Prepared by: Environmental, Safety and Emergency Mgt. Division, AMP-100, October 3, 1996

An example of a Pollution Prevention Plan from the FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center

http://www.mmac.jccbi.gov/amp/ppp_2.htm

3) Cleaner Production at the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

This US EPA site is a brochure on the UNEP Cleaner Production Program.

http://es.epa.gov/new/contacts/newsltrs/unep/unep-pac.html

4) Small Business Waste Reduction Guide

This is an excellent guide on implementing Cleaner Production

http://es.epa.gov/new/business/sbdc/sbdc.htm

Metal Finishing Links Pages

1) The UNEP Working Group for Cleaner Production in the Metal Finishing Industry

The Working Group for Metal Finishing is located in Victoria, Australia. Mr Darryl Reeve is the Director of the Centre. He can be contacted through an organisation called "Cleaner Production Australia".

http://www.yarranet.swin.edu.au/yarranet/bus/pages/cpaust/welcome.htm

2) Enviro$en$e Metal Finishing Content Guide

This site has been developed to help you locate Enviro$en$e information in the industry. It is a good starting point and should provide links to new information over time.

http://es.epa.gov/es-guide/metals/metals.htm

Metal Finishing Cleaner Production Manuals

1) The Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Sciences (IAMS), A Pollution Prevention Resource Manual for Metal Finishers, A Competitive Advantage Manual. Funding provided by: OEEF Ohio Environmental Education Fund, 1996

This is an excellent general manual for simple Cleaner Production options.

http://www.iams.org/p2irisde/metalfin.htm

2) OECA Fabricated Metal Products Notebook, USEPA, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), December 14, 1995

This site provides a complete Pollution Prevention guide for the Metal Finishing industry in the United States. Sections on process descriptions and Pollution Prevention options are particularly relevant for the Australian situation.

http://es.epa.gov/comply/sector/fab/fabtitle.html

3) Technology Demonstration Project, Hard Chrome Pollution Prevention Demonstration Project Interim Report Industrial Technology Institute / Energy & Environment Centre, Technology Reinvestment Project, 1997.

This site provides the results of a technical analysis of a number of CP options focusing on the use of chemicals and polyballs as mist suppressants.

http://www.iti.org/ee/eem/techdemo/chromep2/index.html

Metal Finishing Case Studies

1) Merit Partnership Pollution Prevention Project for Metal Finishers, Modifying tank layouts to improve process efficiency, 1996.

http://www.nmfrc.org/pdf/merit/merit3.htm

Coating Technologies

1) Enviro$en$e - Guide to Cleaner Technologies Organic Coating Removal, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development Washington DC, February 1994

This site includes a number of technical papers on surface cleaning techniques such as Plastic media blasting, Wheat starch blasting, Burnoff coating removal, and Molten salt coating removal.

http://es.epa.gov/program/epaorgs/ord/org-rmvl.html

2) Research Triangle Institute CAGE Coating Alternatives Guide. Developed in cooperation with the U.S. EPA Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division (APPCD) 1996.

This site has a series of fact sheets on alternative coating techniques.

http://cage.rti.org/

3) Enviro$en$e - A guide to cleaner technologies and alternative metal finishes.

This site provides a full report on various Cleaner Production technology options including non-cyanide copper plating, non-cyanide metal stripping, zinc-alloy electroplating, and chromium-free surface treatment for aluminum and zinc.

http://es.epa.gov/oeca/fedfac/fflexp2/alt-metl.html

4) Standard Technology Information Products: Inorganic Finishing Product Tree

A series of technical abstracts on coating technologies under the headings Cadmium Electroplating Alternatives; Chromium Electroplating Alternatives; Chromic Acid Anodizing Alternatives; Corrosion Protection Alternatives - Corrosion Resistant Metallic Coatings; and Chromate Conversion Coating Alternatives

http://www.ndcee.ctc.com/Core/inorg.htm

Powder Coating Information

1) The Powder Coating Institute

This American Association Homepage has some usefull environmental information about Powder Coating.

http://www.powdercoating.org/

Anodising Information

1) Maricopa County Environmental Services Department, Air Quality Program, A guide for reducing air pollution from chromium electroplating and anodizing tanks: save money, prevent air pollution, and comply with maricopa county's regulations. Phoenix, Arizona.

This site has some basic information about Cleaner Production in the Anodising industry.

http://www.maricopa.gov/envsvc/chromp2.htm

2) Enviro$en$e - Guide To Cleaner Technologies Organic Coating Replacements, September 1994

This site has a series of papers including an excellent description of Powder Coating and its Cleaner Production benefits. Also has similar papers on waterborne coatings, electrodeposition and other emerging technologies.

http://es.epa.gov/program/epaorgs/ord/org-coat.html

Metal Cleaning Information

1) Enviro$en$e - Generic Package: Report on Pollution Prevention in Mass Finishing Operations, A report published by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management on Pollution Prevention in Mass Finishing Operations.

This report provided information on a range of Cleaner Production options relating to deburring polishing and/or cleaning manufactured parts.

http://es.epa.gov/program/regional/trade/msfn-rpt.html

2) Enviro$en$e - Waste Minimization in Metal Parts Cleaning, Waste Minimization in Metal Parts Cleaning, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste, August 1989

This report discusses a range of Cleaner Production cleaning techniques including methods to use less toxic solvents, aqueous cleaners, emulsion cleaners and mechanical/thermal methods

http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/metlprtz.html

3) Research Triangle Institute, Sage - Solvent Alternatives Guide Developed in cooperation with the U.S. EPA Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division (APPCD) 1997.

Information on alternative solvents.

http://clean.rti.org/

General Tip Sheets

1) Fact Sheet: Hazardous Waste Generated by Metal Refinishing Facilities, California Department of Health Services Toxic Substances Control Program Alternative Technology Division April 1990

http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/california/metal-fs.html

2) Enviro$en$e - Metal Finishing Pollution Prevention Opportunities Checklist, CH2M Hill and Solid Waste Management County Sanitation Districts Of Los Angeles County, January 8, 1996.

A simple checklist of Cleaner Production options.

http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/cheklst3.html

3) Be SMART (Save Money and Reduce Trash Program) Electronics Manufacturing: Common Operations

This site has links to two tip sheets, General Production Processes and Electroplating Operations. They are not detailed but do provide a good summary of many points.

http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/besmart/Html/Business/Ec/ecmenu.htm

Metal Cleaning Tip Sheets are available at:

http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/besmart/Html/Business/Metal/metmenu.htm

4) Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP) Get it Plated Right, fact sheet series.

This is a series of fact sheets on a range of plating processes from cleaning and design, cleaning, and materials selection. It included a number of good Case Studies and Cleaner Production options not discussed in the guide.

http://www.umn.edu/mntap/P2/intp7-15.htm#metal finishing/plating

5) Ohio EPA, Source Reduction and Metal Recovery Techniques for Metal Finishers, Fact Sheet #24 September 1994

As well as discussing a range of Cleaner Production techniques, including methods to reduce drag-out, the document have a good description of a number of recovery techniques including evaporation, Ion Exchange, Reverse Osmosis, Electrodialysis, and Electrolytic Recovery.

http://www.epa.ohio.gov/opp/fact24.html

6) Enviro$en$e - Pollution Prevention for Electroplaters and Surface Finishers,Metro-Dade County,Department of Environmental Resources Management, June 1995.

General Tips for Cleaner Production in the Surface Finishing Industry.

http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/florida/fla-fs2.html

7) Ohio EPA, Extending the Life of Metal Working Fluids, Fact Sheet #11 March 1993

A good fact sheet on this topic.

http://www.epa.ohio.gov/opp/metalw/fact11.html

8) Pollution Prevention Strategies for the Metal Finishing Industry, Center for Hazardous Materials Research, 1996.

This is another general tip sheet for the Metal Finishing Industry.

http://www.chmr.org/ppmfi.html

9) Enviro$en$e - Fact Sheet: Waste Reduction for Metal Finishers, The Virginia Waste Minimization Program, Vol. 1 Issue 4, A Fact Sheet from the Virginia Waste Minimization Program on waste reduction for metal finishers.

This is another general tip sheet for the Metal Finishing Industry.

http://es.epa.gov/techinfo/facts/vdwm/va-fs18.html

Chemical Health and Environmental Safety Information

1) Environment Writer Chemical Backgrounders, Chemical Information Environmental Health Center, A Division of the National Safety Council, July 1, 1997.

This site includes information on a range of chemicals including many commonly used in the surface finishing industry.

http://www.nsc.org/EHC/ew/chems/

2) Material Data Safety Sheets

This site includes NSDS information on a range of chemicals including many commonly used in the surface finishing industry.

http://www.chem.utah.edu/MSDS/msds.html

Cleaner Production Case Studies

1) Cleaner Production Case Study Directory

The Cleaner Production Case Studies Directory details mechanisms for improving environmental and economic efficiency in industry. This site includes a number of Metal Finishing Case Studies.

http://www.environment.gov.au/portfolio/epg/environet/ncpd/ncpd.html

2) Cleaner Production Demonstration Project

As part of this site, there are a number of Demonstration project Case Studies undertaken by Dames and Moore Consulting Group. These can be found at:

http://www.environment.gov.au/portfolio/epg/environet/ncpd/cpdp.html

3) New Zealand Cleaner Production Case Studies

This site has a number of Case Studies developed by the New Zealand Department of Environment.

http://www.mfe.govt.nz/cases1.htm

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